People v. Martin

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Zittell, J.), rendered December 1, 1989, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of three counts of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Defendant argues on this appeal that the legal representation accorded him constituted ineffective assistance of counsel and that it was an abuse of discretion for County Court to deny him new counsel. We agree.

*795The facts of this case are as follows. On October 16, 1989, defendant appeared before County Court regarding pretrial motions made on his…